Seedlings started!

 

Using the Seedling Starter Kit included in the Tower Garden Growing System, I followed the simple instructions in the booklet to begin growing.  Don't forget to soak the rockwool for at least 30mins (I soaked mine for a couple of hours) and have a plan for what to grow- make sure it's stuff you like to eat.  On a half-sheet of graph paper I sketched a diagram of seedling distribution in the rockwool cubes.  There are 20 growing spaces in the Tower Garden and 21 rockwool cubes so I used them all with an idea to take 1 seedling and plant it in soil to compare growth rate and quality of product.  I'll probably use one of my squash seedlings as I have a total of 6 of those in my starter tray.  In my next post I'll talk about the Tower Garden and rolling stand builds (you will be amazed how easy it was) and we'll get into seedling transplant.  Very exciting stuff!  Oh, I forgot to mention we're starting with 7 lettuce, 2 basil, 2 red cherry tomato, 2 beefsteak tomato, 3 zucchini squash, 3 summer squash, and 2 cucumber.  We have a few vining plants and I have a plan for training these to grow out from the Tower Garden which I'll share in a future post.